Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+1,964 |
158.4% |
| Independent, Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+12,600 |
98.4% |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+918 |
85.5% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,011 |
84.4% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+2,396 |
66.9% |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+7 |
+1,443 |
59.7% |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+10 |
+28,391 |
43.0% |
| Independent, Non-Charismatic Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+2,915 |
36.6% |
| Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+21 |
36.2% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+2,816 |
35.2% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+87 |
25.0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
-1 |
+123 |
23.2% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+50 |
18.5% |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+30 |
16.0% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+4 |
+399 |
15.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
+127 |
11.3% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+299 |
9.1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+599 |
8.3% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+5 |
+218 |
8.0% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
-2 |
+1,400 |
7.0% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+110 |
4.7% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+7 |
1.3% |
| American Baptist Churches in the USA |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-239 |
-1.3% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-9 |
-1.9% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-1,595 |
-1.9% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-487 |
-2.0% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+36 |
-3,376 |
-2.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+1 |
-691 |
-6.8% |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-28 |
-9.1% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-2,746 |
-10.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-230 |
-11.6% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
-11 |
-710 |
-15.4% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-1 |
-2,273 |
-16.4% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
-3,021 |
-24.1% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-205 |
-36.6% |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-97 |
-53.0% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+2 |
-1,194 |
-66.1% |
| National Association of Free Will Baptists |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-3,186 |
-73.4% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+316 |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+53
| +38,153 |
+7.6% |
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The population of these 15 counties (or equivalents) in 1990 was 1,443,244; in 2000 it was 1,569,541. The total population changed 8.8%. The adherent totals for 1990 (639,074) represent 44.3% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (548,407) include 34.9% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 39 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 39 groups had 498,970 adherents in 1990 and 537,123 adherents in 2000, for a change of 7.6%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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